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Adaza, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Highland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50050. The Survey maps it on the Churdan quadrangle.

Adaza within Greene County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Adaza between 2006 and 2015, burning about 124 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2013Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 May 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
7 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIowa Department of Natural Resources414 140TH ST., CHURDAN, IA
12 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIowa Department of Natural ResourcesSE CORNER OF BRISTOL TWP, SEC 7, 800 BLOCK OF H AV
16 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 February 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIowa Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greene County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Adaza: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adaza in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2019FloodAdaza$100,000Iowa DOT reported Iowa 25 down to one lane due to water over the road.
March 2007HailAdaza$3,000no account filed
March 2007HailAdaza$2,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAdaza-This is a continuation of a miso-vortex that began in Calhoun county and entered into northern Greene county. The weak circulation produced only minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAdaza-Short lived miso-vortex that produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAdaza-Short-lived miso-vortex that produced minor crop damage. Damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAdaza-Another in a series of short lived miso-vorticies in Greene county. Produced only minor crop damage. The damage was found and documented using high resolution satellite imagery.
May 2011HailAdaza-no account filed
June 2010FloodAdaza-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Churdan3.2 miles9
Farlin8.6 miles9
Scranton12.2 miles8
Paton12.9 miles9
Gravel Pit13.8 miles9
Jefferson13.9 miles9
Dana14.7 miles11
Winkelmans17.5 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AdazaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4680935The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 454096. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.